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The Issue In Depth, May 2004

Editor's Note
Brian Gillooly

When Frogs Fly

Contributors
The finest minds in business technology are right here.

Openers
A digest of reports, research, Web sites, and books that help make sense of new business-technology concepts

Fast Forward
Emerging Tech + Business Innovation

Executive Report
Getting Better All The Time

Letters

Square Off
Is Pay-As-You-Go Computing Viable?
By George Johnsen vs Robert Sanchez
Can computing power be delivered the way other utilities, such as water and electricity, are-on-demand and at a reasonable cost? Johnsen thinks companies like his would jump at the flexibility pay-as-you-go computing would offer, while Sanchez worries that the business model would be unsustainable for suppliers. Join the Square Off and judge for yourself.

Bottom Line
A Plan For Effective Governance
By Amir Hartman
Effective IT governance is a key factor in distinguishing companies with strong IT organizations from their less-fortunate peers. In fact, IT governance is no less than defining the rules of the IT game.

Business Leadership
Doctor's Orders
By William Spooner, senior VP and CIO, Sharp HealthCare
With the passage of the HIPAA law, Sharp HealthCare built in compliance on the way to a massive integration overhaul.

Business Management
Homegrown Compliance
By Dan DiFilippo and Sonny Sonnenstein
Leveraging existing technology resources helps companies achieve compliance as well as improve performance.

Collaborative Strategies
Q & A: Managing Information Overload

Prior to the MIT eBusiness Annual Conference, professor Brynjolfsson spoke with Optimize about IT productivity.

Emerging Technology
Roundtable: Breaking The Code

Open-source software is still a plaything for some, but others see it as the low-cost, innovation leader for Web servers and applications development.

Financial Management
Telecom's Wake-up Call: The Upside For IT
By Raul Katz and Jay Kumar
Telecommunications reform is inevitable, and though it will be painful in the short term, it will benefit corporate users in the long term.

ROI Valuation
Putting IT Theory Into Practice
By Jasmine Noel
Creating a brilliant IT-business alignment strategy is easy. The bigger challenge is getting the strategy implemented and accepted.